The Broken Guarantee

MGNREGA to VB-GRAM: how rural work promise shrank

More People, Who Counts?

What is common between Elon Musk, M.K. Stalin, a Catholic bishop in Kerala, N. Chandrababu Naidu, C. Joseph Vijay and Mohan Bhagwat? All of them are a...

Remembering Snehalatha

MISA play on Emergency torture sparks row in Kerala. MISA, a play that recounts the custodial torture and persecution suffered by activist and artist ...

The Peace Pilgrim

Remembering Niketu Iralu, bridge between Nagas and India. We work with people professionally all our lives, but it is a few who really touch us in a m...

Counting Disabilities

Rights groups demand all 21 categories in Census 2027. Disability rights groups have flagged a gap in Census 2027 preparations: the self-enumeration f...

Are We Truly Free?

India’s Independence Day hides a deeper contradiction. Every August 15, India celebrates with flags, speeches and pride.

History From Below: Sumit Sarkar’s legacy

Historian Sumit Sarkar passed away on August 13. He was known for writing history "from below" — putting workers, peasants, and ordinary people at the...

460 Minutes of Inequality

A survey from 2025 is damning. Indian girls start housework at age 10. By age 30, women spend 460 minutes a day on unpaid domestic work. Men: 52 minut...

Discovery of a 3,500-Year-Old City in Egypt

An extraordinary discovery from the annals of history has astonished researchers and historians worldwide. Archaeologists have unearthed a vast reside...